Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-04-08
REVIEW
FRIDAY, APRIL, s. 1887.
COMMUNICATION.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 81, 1887.

Last Friday, the 18th of March, was
the golden anniversary Of President
Cleveland's birth. He carefully
avoided any celebration, or rather he
celebrated the occasion by carefully
giving his entire attention to public
business. The president is not of an
enthusiastic or sentimental nature. He
is constitutionally opposed to every
thing which partakes of the character
of self -glorifcation, and such he con-
sidcrs a mans celebration of his own
birthday to be.
When asked by Dir. Soteldo, the
minister from Venezuela, why he was
not celebrating the natal day, he is re-
ported to have said, "vanity, vanity,
it IS all vanity. If a man really feels
that his birth was stroke of luck to
him." continued he, s1et him rejoice
by all means; but don't think he has
any right to disturb the town about it
and / don't think it would be modest
to ask all the rest of the world to re-
ioice in an event which had SO little
interest for them"
Birthday cards in large numbers
came from all parts of the country,
and friends in Washington sent flow.
ers accompanied by congratulations.
There was the usual tri-weekly hand
shaking in the East Room, which was
attended by about fye hundred peo-
pie, large proportion of whom were
excursionists from Buffalo and the
surrounding district in northwestern
New York. They were a noticeably
unpresuming crowd of excursionists.
They filed quietly past the president,
not one Of them showing any desire te
be familiar or to receive attention on
account of being from the president
former home.
The visit of ex-Eenator Thurman tt
this city furnished the political gossip
with food for whole day. The.
could not learn positively whether hi
conference with the President had rel
erence to the appointment of the Inter
State Commerce Commissioners, til
Pacific railroad investigation, the Ems
ish mission, or the Seeretaryship c
the Treasury. The nohlest Roman
them all settled these canards himsel
When asked if the President ha
rendered him any position he replied
"No; I am neither to be Secretary
State nor Secretary of the Treasur
nor Minister to England. I am n'
even going TO be an Interstate Con
missioner" He added that his call c
the President was entirely social an
that he was not after Office.
There is little occasion for the wild
spread alarm as to the financial stu
tion during the interval before Co
gress convenes. The condition of Il
Treasury is much stronger than it WI
nine months ago, the distribution
currency much more favorable and a
equate, and the circumstances in mar
respects more reassuring. The su
plus is smaller, the gold fund is stron
er, and the circulation and supply
convenient forms of small currency
more abundant.
That which is deemed chiefly IL
favorable in the situation is the ia
that only thirty millions of bonds /
main subject to call, and that aft
three monthly calls this means of pu
ting money into circulation will be C
off. 1t is fact however, that receI
bond calls have been of little seryic
and that the Treasury has ample q
thority and has declared its willingne
to GO into the market and buy bonds
current rates if the situation shou
become such as to call for this actio
Those whose opinions on the su
ject- are best worth knowing thi
there is no reason to fear that the CO
ing summer and autumn will bring a
serious financial disturbance, or th
the strength of the Treasury and t
skill of its managers are not fully eq'
to all emergencies that may arise.
The Cabinet-maker who have d
posed of the treasury portfolio for n
Cleveland more than q dozen tin
since Secretary Manning resigned, 8
really a little embarrassed just now
to what to say next. It was positi'
ly asserted that Speaker Carlisle "
offered the place last Saturday and
clined. Since there has been SO mu
delay in the matter some of them n
take it for granted Mr. Mannin
successor will not bo named until
lst of April, the date when his resig1
ton takes effect.
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